GB2289772B - Apparatus and method for forming a microlens at the end of optical fiber - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for forming a microlens at the end of optical fiber

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GB2289772B
GB2289772B GB9510040A GB9510040A GB2289772B GB 2289772 B GB2289772 B GB 2289772B GB 9510040 A GB9510040 A GB 9510040A GB 9510040 A GB9510040 A GB 9510040A GB 2289772 B GB2289772 B GB 2289772B
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microlens
forming
optical fiber
fiber
optical
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Hiroshi Honmou
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NEC Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/255—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding
    • G02B6/2552—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding reshaping or reforming of light guides for coupling using thermal heating, e.g. tapering, forming of a lens on light guide ends

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Grinding And Polishing Of Tertiary Curved Surfaces And Surfaces With Complex Shapes (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
GB9510040A 1994-05-23 1995-05-18 Apparatus and method for forming a microlens at the end of optical fiber Expired - Fee Related GB2289772B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP10733194 1994-05-23
JP7078790A JPH0843647A (en) 1994-05-23 1995-04-04 Sphering method of optical fiber end and device therefor

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GB9510040D0 GB9510040D0 (en) 1995-07-12
GB2289772A GB2289772A (en) 1995-11-29
GB2289772B true GB2289772B (en) 1998-02-25

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